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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 08/03/2012

08/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 08/03/2012

Aliens in Antarctica, meteor impacts, nasty noises and star-quakes.

Quentin Cooper investigates aliens in Antarctica, a collision that may have changed the climate, why we hate nasty noises and how star-quakes could help us find habitable planets.

Quentin Cooper asks if tourists and scientists may be bringing aliens into Antarctica. He checks out a controversial collision 12 900 years ago in which an asteroid impact may have changed the climate. He hears how one of our amateur scientists is investigating why we hate nasty noises and he discovers how star-quakes could help us discover habitable planets.

Producer: Martin Redfern.

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